I think I'm geared as I could be. I did T16 guardians, Shaper, and Red Elder deathless. I also beat Uber Elder but with 3 deaths after a failed attempt(first time ever fighting Uber Elder).
Here's the gear I beat Uber Elder with (warning: stupidly expensive. This level of gear was NOT needed. In particular, use a single 3 enlightens instead of two lvl 4 and drop arctic armour):
If you can balance it, Purity of Ice is superior to purity of elements. Obviously it makes Uber Elder easier (and if you had a cannot be frozen watcher's eye, the fight is 10x easier), but I found it nice for mapping too. Chimeria I think does cold damage which hurts, but with Purity of Ice it's much more manageable.
I decided to not run Fenumus' Spinnerets since you can get soooo much ES on boots this league with 28% quality syndicate mod and crafting quality on it. I find a straight-up like 500+ extra ES superior to the 1 extra web and a bit of extra ES gained.
I tried making Malachai's Artifice work, replacing Mark of the Shaper. The idea was to use either Armageddon Brand to proc EE, or put the ice golemn in there to proc. It felt too clunky and the extra damage with having EE on vs. having Mark of the Shaper was barely noticeable. And Mark of the Shaper has some ES which is nice. (Note: to make EE work you have to replace herald of thunder. I used purity of fire instead, since I had the extra 10% mana at the time).
I also tried going into Whispers of Doom for a 3rd curse, and using curse on hit + enfeeble in the frenzy setup (this was before syndicates were nerfed). It was OK I guess but really as long as you're somewhat mobile and not trying to facetank everything you don't really need enfeeble.
Overall, this is a fun build; I had a lot of fun playing it! Cost-wise for doing content, this is not the most cost-effective build nor is it the fastest (cold DOT casters seem to be as fast or faster for cheaper budget). But it's pretty fun. And if you put the Innocence Lightning Warp effect on, you look suuuuuper sick.
Thanks for the build, OP!
IGN: OneEyedShadow
Last edited by Amarantine#5975 on Dec 22, 2018, 6:36:51 AM
This build is every strong. I'm killing every boss very easily, except Chimera. This build defensive mechanics are totally based on leech and on hit ES, but Chimera shadow phase kills me every time...
Do you guys have any tips to defeat Chimera shadow phase using this character?
When I did this build, I used to LW into each smoke cloud until I found him.
I think I'm geared as I could be. I did T16 guardians, Shaper, and Red Elder deathless. I also beat Uber Elder but with 3 deaths after a failed attempt(first time ever fighting Uber Elder).
Here's the gear I beat Uber Elder with (warning: stupidly expensive. This level of gear was NOT needed. In particular, use a single 3 enlightens instead of two lvl 4 and drop arctic armour):
If you can balance it, Purity of Ice is superior to purity of elements. Obviously it makes Uber Elder easier (and if you had a cannot be frozen watcher's eye, the fight is 10x easier), but I found it nice for mapping too. Chimeria I think does cold damage which hurts, but with Purity of Ice it's much more manageable.
I decided to not run Fenumus' Spinnerets since you can get soooo much ES on boots this league with 28% quality syndicate mod and crafting quality on it. I find a straight-up like 500+ extra ES superior to the 1 extra web and a bit of extra ES gained.
I tried making Malachai's Artifice work, replacing Mark of the Shaper. The idea was to use either Armageddon Brand to proc EE, or put the ice golemn in there to proc. It felt too clunky and the extra damage with having EE on vs. having Mark of the Shaper was barely noticeable. And Mark of the Shaper has some ES which is nice. (Note: to make EE work you have to replace herald of thunder. I used purity of fire instead, since I had the extra 10% mana at the time).
I also tried going into Whispers of Doom for a 3rd curse, and using curse on hit + enfeeble in the frenzy setup (this was before syndicates were nerfed). It was OK I guess but really as long as you're somewhat mobile and not trying to facetank everything you don't really need enfeeble.
Overall, this is a fun build; I had a lot of fun playing it! Cost-wise for doing content, this is not the most cost-effective build nor is it the fastest (cold DOT casters seem to be as fast or faster for cheaper budget). But it's pretty fun. And if you put the Innocence Lightning Warp effect on, you look suuuuuper sick.
Thanks for the build, OP!
how much mana do you have left?
I have 70 mana left and i cant perma spam the frenzy. do you use a 3. enlighten for the artic armour in the fight vs uber elder to get more mana? DO you use 2 enlighten in the herald of thunder and wrath setup then?
I think I'm geared as I could be. I did T16 guardians, Shaper, and Red Elder deathless. I also beat Uber Elder but with 3 deaths after a failed attempt(first time ever fighting Uber Elder).
Here's the gear I beat Uber Elder with (warning: stupidly expensive. This level of gear was NOT needed. In particular, use a single 3 enlightens instead of two lvl 4 and drop arctic armour):
If you can balance it, Purity of Ice is superior to purity of elements. Obviously it makes Uber Elder easier (and if you had a cannot be frozen watcher's eye, the fight is 10x easier), but I found it nice for mapping too. Chimeria I think does cold damage which hurts, but with Purity of Ice it's much more manageable.
I decided to not run Fenumus' Spinnerets since you can get soooo much ES on boots this league with 28% quality syndicate mod and crafting quality on it. I find a straight-up like 500+ extra ES superior to the 1 extra web and a bit of extra ES gained.
I tried making Malachai's Artifice work, replacing Mark of the Shaper. The idea was to use either Armageddon Brand to proc EE, or put the ice golemn in there to proc. It felt too clunky and the extra damage with having EE on vs. having Mark of the Shaper was barely noticeable. And Mark of the Shaper has some ES which is nice. (Note: to make EE work you have to replace herald of thunder. I used purity of fire instead, since I had the extra 10% mana at the time).
I also tried going into Whispers of Doom for a 3rd curse, and using curse on hit + enfeeble in the frenzy setup (this was before syndicates were nerfed). It was OK I guess but really as long as you're somewhat mobile and not trying to facetank everything you don't really need enfeeble.
Overall, this is a fun build; I had a lot of fun playing it! Cost-wise for doing content, this is not the most cost-effective build nor is it the fastest (cold DOT casters seem to be as fast or faster for cheaper budget). But it's pretty fun. And if you put the Innocence Lightning Warp effect on, you look suuuuuper sick.
Thanks for the build, OP!
how much mana do you have left?
I have 70 mana left and i cant perma spam the frenzy. do you use a 3. enlighten for the artic armour in the fight vs uber elder to get more mana? DO you use 2 enlighten in the herald of thunder and wrath setup then?
I have 76 mana left, which I find to be enough if I'm hitting monsters. I don't notice any gaps or out-of-mana voice lines as long as there are monsters in front of me.
I did the uber fight on 76 mana. I use two lvl 4 enlightens. Arctic armour+ enlighten 4 + herald of thunder+ wrath in helm. blood magic + purity of ice _discipline + enlighten 4 in gloves. I'd say this setup is not at all necessary and really not worth the currency imo.
IGN: OneEyedShadow
Last edited by Amarantine#5975 on Dec 22, 2018, 6:42:12 AM
I have 76 mana left, which I find to be enough if I'm hitting monsters. I don't notice any gaps or out-of-mana voice lines as long as there are monsters in front of me.
I did the uber fight on 76 mana. I use two lvl 4 enlightens. Arctic armour+ enlighten 4 + herald of thunder+ wrath in helm. blood magic + purity of ice _discipline + enlighten 4 in gloves. I'd say this setup is not at all necessary and really not worth the currency imo.
do i miss some mana leech from this build? OR why do you mention "as long as there are monsters in front of me."
when i play without arctic armour or without spiders i have more about 250 mana left and lightning wharp is used much more often.
Last edited by Klassenliste#7597 on Dec 22, 2018, 7:28:30 AM
I just died to the 2. uber lab boss while facetanking it. I have 6k es. What happened?
Todays Lab:
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Length: Short
Darkshrines: Good
Gauntlets/puzzle: Good
Full run: Doable, 9 rooms, 2 side rooms.
Izaro: Conduits (Dangerous) give Izaro elemental damage, Charge disruptors (Dangerous) gives Izaro attack speed and damage.
Izaro has extra elemental damage on top of already increased damage and attackspeed in todays lab.
He oneshots all characters today if you just try to facetank him.
You need to dodge his first attack and disable disruptors or conduits before you attack him.
PoE always requires you to actually check what you are up against. You need to stop thinking that a certain build or gear will make it possible to ignore all encounter mechanics.
Izaro today requires you to dodge/disable him first.
Uber Atziri requires you to dodge her flameblasts.
Shaper/UElder requires you to dodge pretty much all this shit flying around in the arena.
This is how the game is designed. Skillfull play and knowing/learning encounters is a big (and really fun! mind you) part of PoE.
Also put quality on your gear FFS. Thats another 1k ES you miss out on that costs you basically nothing.
Last edited by Cyrix1337#4098 on Dec 22, 2018, 8:10:21 AM
I have 76 mana left, which I find to be enough if I'm hitting monsters. I don't notice any gaps or out-of-mana voice lines as long as there are monsters in front of me.
I did the uber fight on 76 mana. I use two lvl 4 enlightens. Arctic armour+ enlighten 4 + herald of thunder+ wrath in helm. blood magic + purity of ice _discipline + enlighten 4 in gloves. I'd say this setup is not at all necessary and really not worth the currency imo.
do i miss some mana leech from this build? OR why do you mention "as long as there are monsters in front of me."
when i play without arctic armour or without spiders i have more about 250 mana left and lightning wharp is used much more often.
Yeah, you miss out on Malediction.
Warlords Mark gives us Leech as well as ManaLeech.
You only support 1 Curse though - currently you only apply the curse from your gloves - you ring gets overwritten by it.
Specc out of forbidden power and into Malediction.
You are missing both the Leech and the ManaLeech - basically wrecking this build.
Last edited by Cyrix1337#4098 on Dec 22, 2018, 8:21:00 AM
